hominization

[ hom-uh-nuh-zey-shuhn ]

noun
  1. the evolution of the human traits that set the genus Homo apart from its primate ancestors.

Origin of hominization

1
1950–55; <Latin homin- (stem of homō man (see Homo) + -ization

Words Nearby hominization

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